Rattus ceramicus (Thomas, 1920)
Seram Island mountain rat, Seram rat, Ceram rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Nesoromys ceramicus Thomas, 1920; Nesoromys ceramicus (Thomas, 1920)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1920
Rediscovered in 1987
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Seram Island (=Ceram), Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: NHMUK ZD 1920.7.26.28 (Fabre et al., 2023)
Other specimens:
NHMUK ZD 1920.7.26.29 (Fabre et al., 2023)
NHMUK ZD 1920.7.26.30 (Fabre et al., 2023)
WAM M33490 (Helgen, 2003)
Media
References
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Fabre, Pierre-Henri, Roberto Portela Miguez, Mary Ellen Holden, Yuli S. Fitriana, Gono Semiadi, Guy G. Musser, and Kristofer M. Helgen. (2023). Review of Moluccan Rattus (Rodentia: Muridae) with description of four new species. In Contributions to Mammalogy and Zooarchaeology of Wallacea, ed. K. M. Helgen and R. K. Jones. Records of the Australian Museum 75(5): 673-718. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1783
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Helgen, Kristofer M. (2003). A review of the rodent fauna of Seram, Moluccas, with the description of a new subspecies of mosaic-tailed rat, Melomys rufescens paveli. Journal of Zoology (London) 261: 165-172.
Musser, Guy G. and Carleton, M. D. (2005). Superfamily Muroidea, pp. 894-1531. In: D.E. Wilson and D.A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]
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